title: Contribution of TARDBP mutations to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Mutations in the TARDBP gene, which encodes the TAR DNA binding protein (TDP-43), have been described in individuals with familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We screened the TARDBP gene in 285 French sporadic ALS patients to assess the frequency of TARDBP mutations in ALS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Six individuals had potentially deleterious mutations of which three were novel including a Y374X truncating mutation and P363A and A382P missense mutations. This suggests that TARDBP mutations may predispose to ALS in approximately 2% of the individuals followed in this study.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings, combined with those from other collections, brings the total number of mutations in unrelated ALS patients to 17, further suggesting that mutations in the TARDBP gene have an important role in the pathogenesis of ALS.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Excellence in Neuromics, CHUM Research Center and the Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daoud
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Valdmanis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kabashi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dupré
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Camu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Meininger
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rouleau
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins